The discovery could lead to a new treatment for millions of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes who do not respond well to current treatments.

Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole”. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch ...

Tomatoes could be engineered to be sweeter without sacrificing their size, research suggests. Experts said that most consumers prefer sweeter tomatoes and higher sugar content increases the value of ...

A county councillor is calling for a reduction in council tax for those living in a Didcot development because they are not getting a full range of services. Residents living in the 3,300-home Great ...

Shadow equalities minister Claire Coutinho has pressed the Government to clarify the definition of sex. Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson said it was “important that providers have clarity in ...

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

Sixteen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry and bus carrying schoolchildren collided in Leicestershire. The bus and the HGV crashed on the A46 northbound near to Syston at around 9.30am on ...

Brian Whitelock is also alleged to have sexually assaulted Wendy Buckney during a sustained attack in her home near Swansea.

Paediatrician Dr Ravi Jayaram walked into a room in the Countess of Chester Hospital where nurse Lucy Letby had dislodged a baby’s breathing tube.

The lead scientific adviser to police in the wake of the Salisbury Novichok poisonings said it is highly likely “many lethal doses” of the nerve agent were applied to Sergei Skripal’s door handle. The ...

A trial at the High Court in Edinburgh heard that on August 10 2022, MacDonald is accused of murdering his brother-in-law John MacKinnon, after allegedly repeatedly discharging a shotgun at him, in ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”.